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Twitter says it will add cautionary labels to tweets with content from Russian state-affiliated media sites
Starting Monday, Twitter will add a warning label to tweets with links to Russian state-affiliated …
Gabrielle Bienasz
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X has been slower to act on the misinformation that's swamped the platform after Elon Musk cut hundreds of trust and safety workers
Posts sharing misinformation videos on the Israel-Gaza war continue to circulate X despite being fl…
Jyoti Mann
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Twitter is testing new prompts to help you avoid getting into a fight on the platform
Twitter is testing a new pre-tweet prompt on Android and iOS versions of its apps to help people re…
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The spread of Ukraine misinformation on Indian Twitter has made its government's difficult position on Russia more bearable
Indian PM Narendra Modi was criticized over his handling of students trapped in Ukraine. Pro-Russia…
Charu Kasturi
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The rampant spread of fake X posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict is 'a direct result of Elon Musk's policies,' misinformation expert says
Changes made at X by Elon Musk are not only allowing, but also motivating, the spread of fake news …
Beatrice Nolan
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Elton John says he's quitting Twitter: 'it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world'
Elton John is the latest celebrity to say he's leaving Twitter since Elon Musk took over, following…
Travis Clark
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urges Republicans to leave Twitter and says the platform 'attacked our country as a whole' by banning her
Twitter permanently banned the far-right lawmaker from its platform for spreading COVID-19 misinfor…
Oma Seddiq
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Joe Rogan interviewed a doctor who's been kicked off Twitter for misinformation. Doctors and scientists say it's time for Spotify to better police its podcasts.
270 experts in health and medicine signed an open letter stating Spotify's role in airing misinform…
Allana Akhtar
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Nicki Minaj told her 157M followers on Instagram that she was locked in 'Twitter jail.' Twitter denies it.
The rapper has been accused of making false or misleading claims on social media related to the COV…
Emily Walsh
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Republicans predict Elon Musk will unleash 'free speech' on Twitter while Democrats panic over misinformation
Many conservatives cheered the social media acquisition, while Democrats warn it could portend demo…
Kimberly Leonard,Camila DeCha…
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Facebook and Twitter suggest users in Ukraine close or lock their accounts to protect them from hackers and manipulation amid Russian invasion
Social media is seeing an increase in false information on the invasion of Ukraine and some platfor…
Kali Hays
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell returns to Twitter after he was permanently banned in 2021 for spreading election misinformation
The new account comes just days after Elon Musk bought the company, a takeover rife with speculatio…
Bethany Biron
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Prince Harry says the term 'Megxit' is misogynistic and the British press picked it up from an internet troll
Harry's comments came as a study revealed he and Meghan Markle were targeted with coordinated haras…
Maria Noyen
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Elon Musk's next headache after Tesla's earnings flop could be users ditching X over Israel-Hamas misinformation, Nobel economist Paul Krugman says
The spread of misinformation about the conflict in the Middle East could be a "tipping point" for X…
George Glover
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Activists and healthcare professionals are trying to stomp out anti-vaxx info online - but social media algorithms are working against them
Algorithms are 'separating audiences' as moderators deal with disinformation, unsafe medical practi…
Francis Agustin
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Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
"We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinforma…
Yelena Dzhanova,John L. Dorman
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Twitter is finally helping users safeguard against targeted attacks and trolls
Twitter's new "Safety Mode" marks an important step in Twitter's continual effort to counter misinf…
Francis Agustin
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Nicki Minaj's vaccine tweets were the latest test of social media's imperfect system for stopping misinformation's spread
The White House has pointed to online misinformation as a roadblock to getting more Americans vacci…
Allana Akhtar
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'Covid-22' went viral on Twitter, but it's just a misleading nickname for a hypothetical phase of the pandemic
An immunologist's comments about 'Covid-22,' his nickname for a hypothetical future phase of COVID-…
Andrea Michelson,Kieran Press…
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Twitter says it's banning ads pushing climate change denial as Silicon Valley ramps up its fight against climate misinformation
The social media platform said it will target ads that "contradict the scientific consensus" on cli…